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Prayer for the Week (Saint Basil the Great)

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Prayer of Saint Basil the Great

O Lord our God, we beseech you, to ask for the gift we need.
Steer the ship of our life to yourself, the quiet harbor of all storm-stressed souls.
Show us the course which we are to take.
Renew in us the spirit of docility.
Let your Spirit curb our fickleness;
guide and strengthen us to perform what is for our own good,
to keep your commandments
and ever to rejoice in your glorious and vivifying presence.
Yours is the glory and praise for all eternity.
Amen.

Prayer for the Week (Saint Philaret of Moscow)

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Prayer For The New Day by Saint Philaret of Moscow

Lord, grant me the strength to greet the coming day in peace.
Help me in everything to rely on your holy will.
Show your will to me every hour of the day.
Bless my dealings with all people.
Teach me to treat those who come to me throughout the day with peace of soul,
and with the firm conviction that it is your will that governs all things.
Guide my thoughts and feelings in everything I do and everything I say.
In unexpected events let me not forget that all have been sent by you.
Teach me to act wisely and firmly, without embittering or embarrassing others.
Give me the physical strength to bear the labors of this day.
Direct my will. Teach me to pray: rather, yourself pray with me.

Prayer for the Week (Saint Serapion of Thmuis)

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Prayer of Saint Serapion of Thmius

We thank you, God our Master,
That you have called us back together though we wandered,
And brought us sinners back to yourself,
Setting aside the judgment that stood against us,
Wiping it away because of our repentance,
Casting it aside because we came to know you,
Who had pity upon us out of your great philanthropy.

Prayer for The Week (Saint Ephrem The Syrian)

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Prayer of St. Ephrem The Syrian

Lord and Master of my Life:
Take from me the spirit of sloth,
Despondency, lust for power, and idle talk.
And give your servant instead
A spirit of chastity, humility, forbearing, and love.
O Lord my King,
Grant that I might see my own shortcomings
And not judge my fellows:
For blessed are you to the ages of ages.
Amen.